Mrs Fleetwood, who suffered from mild dementia, had been in hospital after a gall stone operation. Her health then deteriorated after she fell victim to a string of infections.

Her husband, a former butcher and car dealer, had been admitted to hospital after becoming unwell, and subsequently died of aspiration pneumonia.

Their son said: “They did everything together and when dad was to sick to go to dances he told told mum to go with someone else and she used to say ‘I’m not bothered I don’t want to go with anyone else’.”